Reports of Rare Birds

These reports look at Iowa rare birds records with different lenses.
Heermann's Gull - 2019-19
© Aaron Brees

One of the most frequent questions to the Records Commitee is simply "How many records of XXX have been accepted?" The answer to that is easy to see in this report. Until older (pre-2000) records have all been entered, you may need to check this PDF of older records to get a complete count. Select a species to get started and then explore some of the other reports in the menu bar.

17 total accepted records; current status is Regular
Not accepted records are shown in red. The camera icon denotes photos and the news icon provides further details on the record.

RecordSpeciesDatesLocationCountyDocs  
2001-07 Laughing Gull12 Mar 2001Red Rock DamMarion1
2003-22 Laughing Gull11 Oct 2003SaylorvillePolk1
2004-19 Laughing Gull5 May 2004Credit Island SloughScott1
2006-35 Laughing Gull25 Jul 2006below Red Rock DamMarion1
2006-39 Laughing Gull22 Aug 2006Saylorville Res.Polk2
2006-41 Laughing Gull8-24 Sep 2006Red Rock Res.Marion2
2007-47 Laughing Gull6 Oct 2007Red Rock Res.Marion2
2007-59 Laughing Gull18 Aug 2007Spirit LakeDickinson1
2008-23 Laughing Gull11 Jul 2008Saylorville Res.Polk4
2008-44 Laughing Gull18 Oct 2008Red Rock DamMarion1
2008-49 Laughing Gull14 Aug 2008Huron BottomsDes Moines1
2008-50 Laughing Gull11 October 2008Little River Res.Decatur1
2010-02 Laughing Gull4 Apr 2010Saylorville Res.Polk2
2010-22 Laughing Gull10-25 Sep 2010Red RockMarion3
2010-43 Laughing Gull6 Sep 2010Red RockMarion1
2010-46 Laughing Gull20 Aug 2010SaylorvillePolk1
2011-20 Laughing Gull19-20 May 2011Lake ManawaPottawattamie1
2011-28 Laughing Gull5 Aug 2011SaylorvillePolk1
2012-29 Laughing Gull25 Jun 2012Lake Red RockMarion2